Archive for iPhone Accessories

Having trouble finding the perfect game for your iPhone or iPad? Rest easy iGamer. Steel Media has just launched the Pocket Gamer Directory to help you find games for the iPhone and iPad. It lists an impressive number of games across genres.

It was launched with Pocket Gamer’s magazine titled Top 50 Classic iPhone Games and has now made its way to the ‘Entertainment’ and ‘New’ sections of the App Store. Great for Christmas as a 99 cent gift to yourself this year.

The iGrill is a Bluetooth-enabled meat thermometer that allows you to multitask between preparing the perfect dinner and mingling with your guests, while ensuring your food is cooked to the perfect temperature. The iGrill communicates with your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch via a secure, long-range Bluetooth connection, displays the temperature and transmits it to your iOS device for remote monitoring.

Cooking meat with your phone? It doesn’t get much better than this my grill loving friends. Meat+Technology always equals a win.

If you are lonely, the ”Honey, it’s me!” app will help ease your pain. It was developed for the iPhone by Nabix and is for lonely South Korean men looking for love or something creepy. They used a cute 22 year old Korean model, Mina, for this ‘video-call’ application that has her saying all kinds of things that real women won’t say to you, while talking into the camera.

She will wish you good night or tell you to eat breakfast among other things, helping single guys feel like they have a woman in their life. She’s basically a virtual girlfriend. The app is free and the developers even plan to launch English, Chinese and Japanese versions of the app.

Mashed Pixel has embedded an Infrared emitter into a case. So when you wrap the Surc around your iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4, and download the (free) accompanying app, you can start programming. Then you can set up your home entertainment setup without any external accessories.

The only downside is that the iPad is not supported, and when you upgrade to the next iPhone, your IR case becomes obsolete. If you don’t mind that, you can get your pre-order in now for $69.95. Initial shipments are expected in Q1 2011.

Most iPhone stands are functional, but not very unique. This is one of the most unique designs we’ve seen yet. It was designed by Young-Gun Cho and the ICONICSTAND is constructed using sustainable practices.

This stand is cut from Birch and can even be personalized with the logo or icon of your choice from Twitter or Facebook. The stand lets you rotate your iPhone to view it in either portrait or landscape and the plywood feel of the stand is a very different experience compared to plastic or metal stands.

Last month we told you about those cool iPhone 4 Angry Birds cases made by Gear4. At that time, we had no idea when they would be available in the US. Well, now we know.

Gear4 is now shipping the cases in the US for the iPhone 4 and the iPod touch. The cases come in red bird, yellow bird, and green Pig King styles. You can order the cases right now for just $24.99 each. They look pretty decent if you like the game.

The Aigo aiPower i616 iPhone battery case claims to double the battery life of your iPhone. It features a 1,500mAh battery, as well as a USB ribbon cable built-in, allowing you to easily charge your phone from USB ports without having to worry about losing a separate cable.

That should come in handy. If you need a longer cable you can connect a standard microUSB cable into the port on the left side of the battery. It will cost you $80, but hey, you are doubling the battery life. Is it worth it? You decide.

Natural Motion has launched Jenga for the iPhone and the iPad. The game even features input from the designer of the original game, Leslie Scott. The game uses real-time 3D physics simulation to recreate the behavior of an actual wooden Jenga tower. Each block is affected by the surrounding blocks requiring the gamer to apply the same strategies that they would in the real world game.

There’s also a social dimension allowing users to compare their tower height with friends from around the world, or you can play the Pass’n’Play mode which allows up to four players to take turns playing on the same iPhone.

iPhone 4 Keyboard cases are everywhere. Seems like we see a new one every week. Now the TypeTop Bluetooth Mini Keyboard Case for iPhone 4 has showed up. It sports the usual keyboard and comes in a leather case with a flip-out stand for your iPhone.

Some other features include dedicated multimedia hotkeys and a 100 hour battery life. You can get one now for £29.95 in the U.K. and Europe. A French keyboard and German keyboard version are also available. No word on when it will hit the US.

If you are looking for a retro styled iPhone dock, look no further. This one was designed and created by Japanese home electronics company Hashy-Topin and this iPhone dock allows you to make calls the old fashioned way using a handset with a cord.

When docked, your iphone will charge and sync to iTunes if needed. Phone X will cost you $24 in either Black, Pink, Blue , White or Yellow. Not a bad price if you absolutely must get back to being tethered with your phone.

You can choose from a million alarm clock docks, most with the same basic features. Or you can choose one that is more original, like the TimeCommand. This dock will dock and charge your iPod, iPhone, or iPad and has an adjustable connector that will work if you have your gadget in a case or not in a case. A free app can also be downloaded to let you set multiple alarms.

The neatest feature is that you can plug in your bedside lamp and the TimeCommand will wake you to your alarm as well as light from the lamp. With the app it can be dimmed and a timer can cut the lamp off when you go to bed.

No matter how good the battery is on a device, we need more juice. The iPhone 4, like everything else, always seems to run down at the worst times. And the iPhone 4 also needs a case, so you might as well take care of both problems with one device.

The Boost Case will fit the bill since it has a battery inside. It has a black exterior with blue LEDs to show how much battery life is left in the device. The battery inside has 1700mAh of power and the case is just 0.69″ thick. The case can be charged alone or you can charge the case battery and the iPhone 4 battery at the same time, which is nice.

Even though it isn’t a good idea to use your smartphone while driving, we sure come up with many ways to do just that. The key is to make it convenient and safe and practical to do so. The GoSmart clip holds your iPhone without compromising the touch screen, while an elastic watch strap allows you to secure it on the steering wheel, freeing your hands for safe driving.

It’s also compatible with all current generation PDAs or iPhones. The GoSmart clip sells for $39.95 at Amazon and appears to be well worth it if it makes you safer.

The iPhone’s camera is not the best, but people still enjoy taking pictures and manage to take some pretty good ones with it. Sometimes you want more light though and that’s where the iFlash External Flash for the iPhone comes in handy.

It will cost you just $39.95 and can be attached to the iPhone 4/3GS/3G. Just connect it to the bottom of your iPhone and you’re ready to take more pics. It’s available in black or white colors to match either iPhone.

The Phonofone III offers acoustic amplification for your iPhone. It comes from Science and Sons, who are offering the first batch for about $200. All you do is put your iPhone in the dock and the ceramic horn will amplify the audio from your iPhone’s speaker to four times the original level.

The first batch is limited to just fifty units only so if you like retro looking speakers and you want one, you had better hurry.